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A participatory Strategy & Action Plan workshop (gap analysis) was carried out from 26 February to 2 March 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The workshop ascertained the need to strengthen national legislation, the institutional set up/coordination mechanisms, and MCS systems and operations. As...

The European Commission's Directorate General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has provided the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations with a grant of USD 1 800 000 to co-finance a USD 2 300 000 project to support the implementation...

More fishing vessels are now eligibile to have the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ship Identification Number - a prerequisite to the first phase of the Global Record - as the IMO Assembly agreed, in December 2017, to a second amendment...

The Port State Measures Support Project (GCP/INT/307/NOR) is operationally active from earlier this month.  The project, funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, intends to improve developing countries and Small Island Development States' capability for the cohesive implementation of provision and...

The second Regional Working Group on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, held in Barbados between the 19 – 21 September, brought together members of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC), the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) and the...